Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 
original production animation drawing
red, green and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5" x 2.75"

This outstanding final animation drawing of Grumpy was created by a Disney Studio animator in production of Walt Disney's first animated feature, and a cel painting was made directly from it. Vladimir Tytla, one of Walt Disney's best animators of the 1930s and early-1940s, supervised the animation of this scene. Grumpy walks away from the cottage after he has received an off-to-work kiss from Snow White on his bald head; within a few steps the kiss' impact sinks in and causes him to pause, blush, and smile. This drawing captures that moment of understanding; note that it causes his eyes to cross. The animator wrote ?111? at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene; studio stamp denoting production, sequence and scene numbers appears at lower left. The initials of Tytla's assistant, Robert W. Carlson, appear at upper right.